In its earlier years Arcturus was one of the primary ships that Finnish emigrants sailed on when heading to North America. After disembarking at Hull, emigrants would typically take a train to Liverpool to board a transatlantic liner.[4]
On 12 December 1930 in fog in the KattegatArcturus collided with another Finnish Steamship Company ship, Oberon. Oberon sank[5] in only three minutes, with the loss of 41 of her passengers and crew.[6]